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Harvest 2019: Winter barley yields remain close to average

Information on winter barley untreated yields is now available from 10 sites in Cambridgeshire, County Londonderry, Devon, Dorset, Fife, Hampshire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire and the Scottish Borders.

The average untreated yield from the controls is 7.55 t/ha, which is behind the five-year average of 7.97 t/ha.

In 2019, the control varieties comprise two malting varieties, SY Venture and Craft, the six-row hybrid variety Bazooka, the six-row conventional variety Funky and the two-row feed variety KWS Orwell.

The average of the yields from these varieties is represented as 100%.

The current 2019 values only show yields based on one season from 19 sites.